Withers
Jonathan N Garbutt
joined Withers as special counsel in San Francisco.
Previously a tax attorney in Canada, Garbutt has represented international individuals, families, family offices, financial institutions and trust companies.
Address
505 Sansome Street 2nd Floor
San Francisco, 94111
Greenspoon Marder LLP
Richard C Giller
joined Greenspoon Marder LLP as head of insurance recovery and counseling in Los Angeles.
Giller's 35-year legal career has focused on insurance recovery for institutional and individual clients, including collegiate and professional athletes.
Address
1875 Century Park East Suite 1900
Los Angeles, 90067
Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP
Michael P Maher
joined Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Maher is a business and real estate specialist with experience litigating in the wine, agriculture, hospitality and commercial sectors.
Address
1 Montgomery St, Suite 3000
San Francisco, 94104
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Jennifer L Mitchell
joined Baker & Hostetler LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Mitchell has litigated privacy matters in the health care and entertainment industries, having served as vice president of privacy and legal compliance at Sony Pictures and as a global privacy officer at Abbott Laboratories.
"I think in some ways, even though the industries are very different, the challenges relating to privacy compliance and grappling with new laws as they're enacted have really been similar in more ways than I expected," Mitchell said in an interview.
Address
11601 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1400
Los Angeles, 90025
K & L Gates LLP
Jason P Gordon
joined K & L Gates LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Gordon joins K & L Gates' emerging growth and venture capital practice with experience in representing entrepreneurs, companies and investors in venture capital financing, strategic alliance, joint venture, complex mergers and acquisitions, sales and divestitures.
Address
4 Embarcadero Center Suite 1200
San Francisco, 94111
Sheppard Mullin
Lauren M Strickroth
joined Sheppard Mullin as partner in Costa Mesa.
Strickroth represents privately owned businesses, trust beneficiaries, health care agencies and trustees, with a focus on fiduciary litigation, business disputes, private wealth disputes, litigation trusts, estates and conservatorships.
Address
650 Town Center Drive Tenth Floor
Costa Mesa, 92626
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
April E Isaacson
was promoted to managing partner of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in San Francisco.
With a legal career beginning in the U.S. military before crossing over into civilian law, April A. Isaacson has been a mainstay at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP since the firm's earliest days and will now serve as managing partner in San Francisco.
Isaacson was an associate at the firm's predecessor, Townsend Townsend & Crew, starting in 2002 before making partner in 2004. Before that she had worked as a Navy JAG officer from 1995 to 1999 litigating complex criminal jury trial proceedings.
In this position, Isaacson said in an interview, she received leadership training that was "really outstanding,
as well as world class training in terms of the legal training." When she decided to go into private practice, she was able to put that training to use in a civilian setting.
"It's definitely a transition from doing the criminal trial work to doing the civil litigation," Isaacson said. "But it was great for me to have the trial experience that I'd gotten when I was in the Navy and be able to translate that into the courtroom in a civil proceedings context."
After departing from Kilpatrick's predecessor in 2007, Isaacson rejoined the firm in its revamped form last year. She ... has since been an integral part of our San Francisco office," Roger D. Wylie, managing partner in Seattle, said in a news release. "April will do an outstanding job leading our second largest office."
Balestreri Potocki & Holmes
Frederik P Spiess
joined Balestreri Potocki & Holmes as senior attorney in San Diego.
Practicing in general liability matters, civil litigation, business and contract disputes, professional liability and legal malpractice, Spiess has acted as outside counsel for businesses and consulted in legal ethics and law practice management.
Address
401 B St #1470
San Diego, 92101
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Lucas J Tomsich
was promoted to counsel of Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Silicon Valley.
Tomsich litigates complex patent cases and has experience in claim construction, discovery, merit and pre-lawsuit investigations, pleadings and dispositive motions.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Alexander T Marx
joined Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP as senior counsel in Ontario.
Marx litigates employment disputes, PAGA matters, provisional remedies and attachment, class action defense and breach of contract cases.
Address
3200 Guasti Road Suite 100
Ontario, 91761
Eisner LLP
Kristine M Blumensaadt
joined Eisner LLP as partner in Beverly Hills.
Blumensaadt has worked as a business affairs executive at Fox Television Studios and A&E Networks, and has also consulted in the field of independent film distribution.
Address
9601 Wilshire, 7th Floor
Beverly Hills, 90210
Buchalter
Anne Marie Ellis
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Irvine.
Ellis practices in product liability defense, personal injury and commercial litigation, premises liability, regulatory compliance and client counseling. She is a member of the Product Liability Advisory Council and is on the task force for the Sports and Fitness Industry Association.
Katharine H Falace
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in St. Helena.
Regularly litigating cases in business, real estate and land use on behalf of wineries and vineyard managers, Falace is the former president of the Napa County Women Lawyers and sits on the board of directors for Connolly Ranch.
Brian T Harvey
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Los Angeles.
Working in the firm’s insolvency and financial law group, Harvey represents financial institutions, creditor committees, debtors, lessors, lessees, trade creditors and investors in bankruptcy proceedings.
Jeffrey M Judd
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in San Francisco.
Judd’s practice focuses on corporate ownership and governance, commercial and finance issues, trade secrets and real estate. He specializes in complex litigation involving science and technology.
David E Mark
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Los Angeles.
Focusing on complex commercial, creditors’ rights, real estate and intellectual property litigation, Mark’s specialties include the cannabis, apparel, entertainment and alternative lenders industries.
Michael J Muse-Fisher
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Sacramento.
Muse-Fisher represents regional and national lenders, banks, financial institutions and real estate investment trusts, as well as public and private companies in state and federal administrative cases.
Roger L Scott
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Irvine.
Specializing in labor and employment, Scott practices in trade secret theft, patent disputes, business litigation and class action defense.
Nikole K Zoumberakis
was promoted to shareholder of Buchalter in Los Angeles.
Zoumberakis practices in industries including employee benefits, executive compensation, startups, early stage companies and private equity, focusing on fund formation and investment adviser representation.
Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP
Kevin W Alexander
as managing partner
Alexander has been managing partner of the firm's 110-plus attorney San Diego office and co-chair of its drug and medical device and commercial
litigation practice groups. He represents corporations, officers and directors in complex commercial, securities and product liability litigation in federal and state courts, and before arbitration panels.
Address
3200 Guasti Road, Suite 100
Ontario, 91761
Dechert LLP
Sonia R Gioseffi
joined Dechert LLP as partner in San Francisco.
Focusing on structuring, formation and regulation of private investment funds, Gioseffi also advises clients in matters involving state and federal securities laws in investment management.
Address
One Bush Street, Suite 1600
San Francisco, 94104-4446
Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP
Jason E Grinnell
joined Glaser Weil Fink Howard Avchen & Shapiro LLP as partner in Los Angeles.
Grinnell represents clients in commercial real estate transactions and real estate finance, and has worked with video game developers, tech companies and international retail tenants in the U.S.
Address
10250 Constellation Blvd. 19th Floor
Los Angeles, 90067
Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation
Julie E Green
joined Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation as attorney in Sacramento.
Green co-founded Salem & Green, and specializes in securities, issue tender offers, Securities and Exchange Commission deregistration and negotiating settlement agreements.
Christopher F Anderson
joined Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation as attorney in Sacramento.
Anderson practices in business transactions, health care regulation and intellectual property licensing.
Jeanne L Vance
joined Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation as attorney in Sacramento.
A health law professional since 1994, Vance advises on provider types, counsels for equity firms and oversees mergers and acquisitions in the health care industry.
Address
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor
Sacramento, 95814
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Jeffrey W Cohen
was promoted to partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Los Angeles.
Practicing in the renewable energy sector, Cohen represents clients in the disposition, acquisition, development and financing of large-scale infrastructure and energy projects.
Kimberly D Rowe
was promoted to partner of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Los Angeles.
Beginning her legal career in the corporate department of a prominent law firm in New York, Rowe now represents private equity funds as well as public and private companies in a variety of strategic transactions.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Josh N Birenbaum
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Focusing on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, leveraged buyouts and joint ventures, Birenbaum works with public and private companies, private equity funds and financial institutions.
Jason S Campbell
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Campbell deals in employment litigation, advising employers on matters of wage and hours compliance, leaves of absence, termination, investigations and trade secrets and representing them in class action and single-plaintiff litigation.
Laura M Franco
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
A member of Winston & Strawn’s video game, gaming and esports group, Franco specializes in intellectual property litigation involving brand protection and enforcement.
Hao Huang
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Huang practices in the areas of renewable energy and infrastructure throughout the U.S., and has advised in the development, acquisition and financing of wind and solar.
Shawn R Obi
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Practicing in consumer protection, class action, securities, financial services and advertising, Obi represents clients in the food, beverage and consumer product industries.
Aaron C O’Dell
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Experienced in securities and complex, commercial and business litigation, O’Dell has seen cases through to verdict across the U.S.
Jeffrey L Steinfeld
was promoted to partner of Winston & Strawn LLP in Los Angeles.
Steinfeld has defended criminal, civil insider and securities fraud actions, and specializes in white collar defense, SEC enforcement actions and class action defense.
Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Jennifer L. Bryant
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Jennifer L. Bryant, based in Los Angeles, focuses on high-stakes complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on legal challenges faced by the entertainment and technology industries, including trade secret, copyright and privacy issues. She has experience litigating cases at all stages, from providing pre-suit counseling to writing dispositive motions, and from taking and defending depositions to examining witnesses at trial. A former clerk to Chief Judge George H. King of the Central District of California, Bryant was named one of The LGBT Bar's "Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40" in 2021.
Wesley T.L. Burrell
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Wesley T.L. Burrell’s practice spans a broad range of high-profile litigation matters concerning complex, often novel, finance, intellectual property and corporate governance issues on behalf of clients ranging from financial institutions and major corporations to start-ups. A Los Angeles litigator, Burrell also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing asylum seekers and domestic trafficking victims. Before joining the firm, he clerked for Judge Ferdinand F. Fernandez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also served as a judicial extern to Judge Consuelo M. Callahan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Nicholas D. Fram
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco.
Nicholas D. Fram is a litigator in the San Francisco office whose practice focuses on high-stakes complex commercial litigation, internal investigations and mass torts. He is active in the community and with local bar associations. Prior to joining the firm, Fram clerked for Judge Michael A. Chagares of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge George B. Daniels of the Southern District of New York.
Tyler Hilton
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Tyler Hilton, a Los Angeles lawyer, advises buyers and sellers in public and private M&A transactions. He also represents companies and investors in a variety of equity financing and commercial transactions, as well as corporate governance matters. He was part of the team that advised Intel Corp. in the $9 billion sale of its NAND memory chip business to SK Hynix Inc. Hilton maintains a pro bono practice representing immigrants before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and in asylum proceedings.
Craig Jennings Lavoie
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Craig Jennings Lavoie handles high-stakes civil litigation from Munger Tolles’ Los Angeles office. His major representations include the owners of the LA Clippers in litigation related to the team’s new arena in Inglewood, and Kobe Bryant’s widow in litigation against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s and Fire Departments regarding the improper taking and sharing of photos of human remains, which is scheduled for trial in February. He is a former law clerk to Judge Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Vincent Y. Ling
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Vincent Y. Ling, based in Los Angeles, focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling, including patent infringement and trade secret matters. He has represented clients across a range of industries, spanning biopharmaceuticals, wireless communications and computer technologies. Ling joined the firm after clerking for Judge Sharon Prost of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also clerked for Judge Kent A. Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and Judge Sue L. Robinson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
Jonathan S. Meltzer
was promoted to partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP in Washington, D.C..
Jonathan S. Meltzer handles appellate and complex civil litigation from Munger Tolles’ Washington, D.C., office. He frequently briefs cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and federal and state appellate courts, including as a member of the team that defended before the Supreme Court the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives. He also regularly represents a range of clients in complex civil litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Meltzer served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan and Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General in the U.S. Department of Justice.
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For nearly 60 years, Munger, Tolles & Olson attorneys have partnered with clients on their most complex matters. With a deep bench that includes former governmental luminaries and over 155 former federal judicial clerks, our attorneys have extensive experience handling precedent-shaping cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, Courts of Appeals, and federal and state courts across the country. The firm also has a rich legacy of providing full-service legal counsel on corporate matters ranging from industry-altering mergers and acquisitions to complex financing transactions and corporate governance issues. We have earned our reputation by providing clients with exceptional judgment, creative thinking, and a deep commitment to understanding the complexities of their businesses and industries.
Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Jennifer L Bryant
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
With experience handling cases at all stages of litigation, Bryant deals with trade secrets, copyright and privacy in the entertainment and technology industries.
Wesley TL Burrell
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
In addition to litigating complex and novel financial, intellectual property and corporate governance cases, Burrell maintains a pro bono practice representing domestic trafficking victims and asylum-seekers.
Nicholas D Fram
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in San Francisco.
Fram specializes in mass tort, internal investigation and commercial litigation.
Tyler G Hilton
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Advising buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions, Hilton also represents companies and investors in corporate governance, commercial transactions and equity financing.
Craig Jennings Lavoie
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Lavoie has been involved in high stakes litigation, including representing Vanessa Bryant in action against the Los Angeles County sheriff’s and fire departments over photos of the crash that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant. Lavoie has also done work related to the L.A. Clippers’ new arena in Inglewood.
Vincent Y Ling
was promoted to partner of Munger Tolles & Olson LLP in Los Angeles.
Working in the biopharmaceutical, wireless communications and computer technology industries, Ling specializes in intellectual property litigation and counseling dealing with patent infringement and trade secrets.
Jackson Lewis PC
John P Schaedel
joined Jackson Lewis PC as attorney in Los Angeles.
Schaedel has litigated cases related to wage and hour violations, discrimination, retaliation, harassment and wrongful termination.
Address
725 South Figueroa Street Suite 2500
Los Angeles, 90017
Akerman LLP
Rachel McRoskey
was promoted to special counsel of Akerman LLP in Miami.
Rachel McRoskey has been promoted to Special Counsel in Akerman's national Real Estate Practice Group. She has experience representing investors, owners, lenders, and developers in a range of local and national transactions, including shopping center development, acquisitions and dispositions, and public and private sector financing.
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Akerman LLP is a top 100 U.S. law firm recognized among the most forward-thinking firms in the industry by Financial Times. Its more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world's most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth.
Dechert LLP
Benjamin M Sadun
was promoted to partner of Dechert LLP in Los Angeles.
Sadun handles product liability and mass tort disputes, securities and antitrust litigation.
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP
Lee A Kaplan
joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP as associate attorney in Los Angeles.
Kaplan was an in-house attorney with the California Association of Realtors, started a land use practice at Harding Larmore Kutcher & Kozal LLP and advised municipalities
with Richards Watson & Gershon. He also practices environmental law.
Address
10940 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 2200
Los Angeles, 90024
Polsinelli LLP
Rebecca B Hoyes
joined Polsinelli LLP as shareholder in San Francisco.
Hoyes' litigation background includes extensive work representing hospitals and medical staff in peer review investigations, corrective action, hearings and appeals.
Address
Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 2400
San Francisco, 94111
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3)
Lee Kaplan
joined Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) as associate attorney in Los Angeles.
Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3), a rapidly growing commercial real estate law firm, has announced the addition of Lee Kaplan as an associate attorney. Prior to joining CGS3, Kaplan advised municipalities and other public entities with Los Angeles-based Richards, Watson & Gershon and established a land use practice at Harding Larmore Kutcher & Kozal in Santa Monica. He also has in-house experience working as a staff attorney for the California Association of Realtors, a statewide trade association for real estate professionals. In addition to his extensive general real estate and land use experience, he has broad expertise in environmental law. He is particularly adroit at conducting due diligence and shepherding development projects of all sizes through complex entitlement processes throughout Southern California. Kaplan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics from New York University and earned his J.D., from the UCLA School of Law.
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CGS3 is a new generation commercial real estate law firm with practice areas covering the full commercial real estate life cycle, including finance, acquisition/disposition, entity formation, tax, development, land use, leasing, distressed asset workouts and dispute resolution. Earning a reputation as one of California's leading commercial real estate law firms, CGS3 has recruited some of the state's top real estate attorneys from both large corporate firms and senior in-house positions. CGS3 is located at 12750 High Bluff Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, California 92130 and 10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2200, Los Angeles, California 90024. For more information, visit http://www.cgs3.com.
Address
10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2200
Los Angeles, 90024 United States
T:
(424) 320-9276
F:
(424) 273-1067
FitzGerald & Mulé LLP
Jana Balik FitzGerald
joined FitzGerald & Mulé LLP as senior associate in Indian Wells.
Ms. FitzGerald's practice experience has included litigation and all aspects of labor and employment law. She has worked on the defense of class actions, representative actions, and individual plaintiff lawsuits involving federal and California anti-discrimination and equal pay laws; California wage-and-hour laws; the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), and others. She has provided advice and counseling to numerous clients, and has conducted workplace training.
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FitzGerald & Mulé LLP is a preeminent labor and employment law practice based in Indian Wells, California that represents employers and individuals in all aspects of labor and employment law, including discrimination, sexual harassment, wage and hour issues, wrongful termination, NLRB matters, and contract disputes. The firm's partners and associates assist employers in developing policies and practices to help them comply with the numerous labor and employment laws that affect their businesses. In addition, the firm has extensive experience in conducting confidential independent investigations.
Address
74-770 Highway 111, Suite 205
Indian Wells, 92210 USA
T:
(760) 325-5055
King & Spalding LLP
Kyle Gotchy
was promoted to partner of King & Spalding LLP in Sacramento.
Practicing in the fields of regulation, operational issues, revenue cycles, transactions, investigation and enforcement proceedings, Gotchy works with hospitals, health systems and medical groups.
Benjamin T Jones
was promoted to partner of King & Spalding LLP in San Francisco.
Jones litigates matters in arbitration and international disputes relating to energy, construction, technology and finance.
Jamie A Lang
was promoted to partner of King & Spalding LLP in Los Angeles.
Lang represents clients in internal investigations as well as criminal and regulatory enforcement, with a focus on white-collar litigation.
Suzanne E Nero
was promoted to partner of King & Spalding LLP in San Francisco.
Having represented Fortune 500 companies in commercial disputes at the state and federal level, Nero practices in complex commercial litigation related to antitrust and class actions.
Jonathan H Shin
was promoted to counsel of King & Spalding LLP in Los Angeles.
Shin litigates within the health care industry, overseeing disputes in trial and arbitration and responding to government investigations.
Gov. Gavin Newsom
L. Carmen Ramirez
joined Gov. Gavin Newsom as member of the central valley regional water quality control board in Sacramento.
Ramirez previously practiced law with the Law Offices of Kelsey and Ramirez and the Law Offices of Fagalde, Albertoni and Flores LLP.
Address
1303 10th Street, Suite 1173
Sacramento, 95814
Stoel Rives LLP
Matthew D Segal
joined Stoel Rives LLP as partner in Sacramento.
Formerly the chief of the Special Prosecutions Unit in the Eastern District, Rives worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office for 17 years. He now focuses his practice on internal investigations, white-collar crime and antitrust litigation.
Address
500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1600
Sacramento, 95814